Poems and Songs (Henry Kendall 1862)

[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Poems and Songs (1862).] Achan. (From Jephthah.) Hath he not followed a star through the darkness, Ye people who sit at the table of Jephthah ? Oh ! turn with the face to a light in the mountains, Behold it is … [Read more...] about Achan [poem by Henry Kendall]

[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Poems and Songs (1862).] Geraldine. My head is filled with olden rhymes, beside this moaning Sea ; But many and many a day has gone since I was dear to thee ! I know my passion fades away, and, therefore oft … [Read more...] about Geraldine [poem by Henry Kendall]

[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Poems and Songs (1862).] Doubting. A Brother wandered forth with me, Beside a barren beach : He harped on things beyond the sea, And out of reach. He hinted once of unknown skies, And then I would not hark, But … [Read more...] about Doubting [poem by Henry Kendall]

[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Poems and Songs (1862).] The Girl I Left Behind Me. (New words to an old air.) With sweet Regret — (the dearest thing that Yesterday has left us) — We often turn our homeless eyes to scenes whence Fate has reft … [Read more...] about The Girl I Left Behind Me [poem by Henry Kendall]

[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Poems and Songs (1862).] Morning in the Bush. (A juvenile fragment.) Above the skirts of yellow clouds, The god-like Sun, arrayed In blinding splendour, swiftly rose, And looked athwart the glade ; The sleepy … [Read more...] about Morning in the Bush [poem by Henry Kendall]

[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Poems and Songs (1862).] Under the Figtree. Like drifts of balm from cedared glens, those darling memories come, With soft low songs, and dear old tales, familiar to our home. Then breathe again that faint refrain, so … [Read more...] about Under the Figtree [poem by Henry Kendall]

[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Poems and Songs (1862).] Lurline. (Inscribed to Madame Lucy Escott.) As you glided and glided before us that time, A mystical, magical maiden, We fancied we looked on a face from the clime Where the Poets have … [Read more...] about Lurline [poem by Henry Kendall]

[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Poems and Songs (1862).] The River and the Hill. And they shook their sweetness out in their sleep, On the brink of that beautiful stream, But it wandered along with a wearisome song Like a lover that walks in a … [Read more...] about The River and the Hill [poem by Henry Kendall]

[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Poems and Songs (1862).] To Charles Harpur. I would sit at your feet for long days, To hear the sweet Muse of the Wild Speak out through the sad and the passionate lays Of her first and her favourite Child. I … [Read more...] about To Charles Harpur [poem by Henry Kendall]

[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Poems and Songs (1862).] In the Depths of a Forest. In the depths of a Forest secluded and wild, The night voices whisper in passionate numbers ; And I’m leaning again, as I did when a child, O’er the grave where my … [Read more...] about In the Depths of a Forest [poem by Henry Kendall]

[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Poems and Songs (1862).] The Opossum Hunters. Hear ye not the waters beating, where the rapid rivers meeting With the winds above them fleeting, hurry to the distant seas ? And a smothered sound of singing from old … [Read more...] about The Opossum Hunters [poem by Henry Kendall]

[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Poems and Songs (1862).] Watching. Like a bark of pearl, on a sapphire sea, A pure bright Moon cometh over me ; And I stand on the crags, and hear the falls Go tumbling down, through the black river-walls ; And the … [Read more...] about Watching [poem by Henry Kendall]

[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Poems and Songs (1862).] Ulmarra. Alone — alone ! With a heart like a stone, She maketh her moan At the feet of the trees, With her face on her knees, And her hair streaming over ; Wildly, and wildly, and wildly … [Read more...] about Ulmarra [poem by Henry Kendall]

[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Poems and Songs (1862).] Bells Beyond the Forest. Wild-eyed woodlands, here I rest me, underneath the gaunt and ghastly trees ; Underneath fantastic-fronted caverns crammed with many a muffled breeze. Far away from … [Read more...] about Bells Beyond the Forest [poem by Henry Kendall]

[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Poems and Songs (1862).] The Barcoo. (The Squatter’s Song.) I. From the runs of the Narran, wide-dotted with sheep, And loud with the lowing of cattle, We speed for a Land where the strange Forests sleep And … [Read more...] about The Barcoo [poem by Henry Kendall]

[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Poems and Songs (1862).] Ella with the Shining Hair. Through many a fragrant cedar grove A darkened water moans ; And there pale Memory stood with Love Amongst the moss-green stones. The shimmering sunlight fell … [Read more...] about Ella with the Shining Hair [poem by Henry Kendall]

[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Poems and Songs (1862).] Wollongong. Let me talk of years evanished, let me harp upon the time When we trod these sands together, in our boyhood’s golden prime ; Let me lift again the curtain, while I gaze upon the … [Read more...] about Wollongong [poem by Henry Kendall]

[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Poems and Songs (1862).] Clari. Too cold, O my brother, too cold for my wife Is the Beauty you showed me this morning : Nor yet have I found the sweet dream of my life, And good-bye to the sneering and … [Read more...] about Clari [poem by Henry Kendall]

[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Poems and Songs (1862).] Wild Kangaroo The rain-clouds have gone to the deep — The east like a furnace doth glow ; And the day-spring is flooding the steep, And sheening the landscape below. Oh, ye who are gifted … [Read more...] about Wild Kangaroo [poem by Henry Kendall]

[Editor: This poem by Henry Kendall was published in Poems and Songs (1862).] Waiting and Wishing. I loiter by this surging sea, Here, by this surging, sooming sea, Here, by this wailing, wild-faced sea, Dreaming through the dreamy night ; Yearning for a strange … [Read more...] about Waiting and Wishing [poem by Henry Kendall]